Manchester is a Republican stronghold. About 15% of voters here vote Democratic and 85% Republican.
About 58% of adults in Manchester typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Manchester, ~9% vote Democratic, ~49% Republican, and ~42% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Manchester compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Manchester leans more Republican than 28 of 31 neighbors.
Manchester runs about 54 points more Republican than Kansas as a whole.
Why Manchester leans the way it does
This analysis examined 14,881 data points per city to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Manchester, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Manchester, about 97% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 25 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 9 points below the Kansas average of 27%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 84% of households in Manchester are family households, above 95% of cities.
Population density and Republican lean
Places with low population density tend to lean Republican; Manchester, KS sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Manchester looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Manchester is in the top quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 68%, about 8 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Talmage, KS R+68
- Vine Creek, KS R+75
- Longford, KS R+68
- Industry, KS R+69
- Buckeye, KS R+69
- Detroit, KS R+63
- Oak Hill, KS R+70
- Solomon, KS R+53
- Verdi, KS R+65
- Wells, KS R+76
Cities with Similar Populations
- East Point, LA R+16
- Zoe, KY R+65
- Northfield, ME R+38
- Sunnyside, FL R+13
- Onomea, HI D+37
- Gilead, ME R+19
- Bunker Hill, KS R+71
- Frogtown, IL R+58
- Sherman, ME R+35
- Union, TN R+62
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Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Kansas Secretary of State, Elections, distributed by the Voting and Election Science Team. Demographic inputs come from the U.S. Census Bureau (ACS 5-year estimates and the 2020 Decennial Census). Health and environmental inputs come from the CDC (PLACES and the Environmental Justice Index). Land cover comes from the USGS and EPA. Election-day and lead-up weather come from PRISM 4km daily grids and the NOAA Global Historical Climatology Network. Mail-voting and election-administration patterns come from the MIT Election Lab's Survey of the Performance of American Elections. Block-group crime detail comes from CrimeGrade. Internet data and modeling support provided by ISPreports.org.
Modeling and analysis by the BestNeighborhood data science team. Full methodology and findings: political spectrum map.
Methodology reviewed by the BestNeighborhood data team. Last updated May 2026.